The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has meet to review its six-month-old strike. Sunday’s meeting started in the evening and the union, which has been involved in a protracted industrial dispute, is expected to make a decision about the strike. Despite several...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia has described the Federal Government’s Consolidated Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) as “unilateral”, hence unacceptable. The group’s position is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Chairman and Secretary of the union, Michael Ugwuene...
Kaduna State University (KASU) has said ASUU’s alleged description of the university staff as “quacks” was enough reason for its academic staff to pull out of the Union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the National President of ASUU, Prof. Victor Osodeke, on Aug. 26, was reported...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university. The KWASU Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, said this in a statement on...
Some students have appealed to Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve their differences, as they suggest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to fund the university system. The students, who recounted losses caused by the six months strike by ASSU, continued to express serious concern about the...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has called on the Federal Government to liberalise university unions by recognising and registering the congress. National Coordinator of CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, told a news conference in Abuja that liberalisation of academic unions would end incessant strikes in universities. He said the...
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has asked the Nigerian students to sue the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) and demand for compensation for the time wasted during the six-month strike. The Minister stated this in his speech during the 47th Session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why its meeting with the federal government ended in deadlock on Tuesday. According to ASUU, its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee ended in deadlock because the committee presented “award of a recommended Consolidated...
A meeting between the Federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU ended in a deadlock on Tuesday August 16, with no end in sight to the lingering strike by the academic union. The striking lecturers met with the Professor Nimi Briggs committee on Tuesday...
Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday implored the Federal government to end the six-month old ASUU strike in the interest of the students and for national development. The House made the call at its plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Hon. Bamidele Oleyelogun. The lawmakers called on...
Friday August 12, 2022, is a very important date in the global calendar. It is a day that the global community sets aside to celebrate this year’s International Youth Day. The important purpose of this annual celebration going by information from the United Nation (UN) is to among other...
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State says the Federal Government of Nigeria cannot borrow N1.1 trillion to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who have been on strike for over five months. The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum said this on Wednesday when...
Lagos State universities are not on strike! I am yet to understand why academic staff of state-owned universities often abandon their classrooms when ASUU declares a trade dispute with the Federal Government, not State Governments, over noncompliance with agreements signed by the Federal Government, not by State Governments, and...
The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) has said the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike would affect students chances in the labour market after graduation. Mr Shasanya Akinola, National President of NULASS in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday said...
The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that Nigeria is better off with a political party that has answers to its current challenges, adding that it is poised to deliver the country. The party said this in a communiqué issued at the end of its Board of Trustee (BoT),...
The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sheathe its sword and come to a truce with the Federal Government over their ongoing strike. According to the JAMB registrar, both parties will have...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Mr. Keyamo stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Should we...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said none of its university lecturers has been paid since the union embarked on industrial action in February. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a four weeks extension of the strike action embarked on by its members since February 14, 2022. ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) reached this decision at a meeting held on Sunday, which lasted into the...
Stakeholders in the education sector in the North-East have said that continuous lowering of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off mark would encourage competition and educational development in the country. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions of learning and other stakeholders on July...